Representatives of the automotive and building sectors met in Berlin for the third and final CEWI workshop to finalise their Circular Economy projects ahead of a July presentation. TRIQBRIQ was represented by Lewin Fricke, who has been part of the policy dialogue working group since the project began. The group agreed on a focused set of positions to discuss with policymakers in an “unagitated” dialogue format.
Our Head of PR Lewin Fricke visited the German Bundestag to discuss the advantages of building with calamity wood with members of parliament Niklas Wagener and Tessa Ganserer. Conversations covered sustainable forest conversion, timber value chains, and potential improvements to the Building Energy Act and the Closed Substance Cycle Waste Management Act. Fittingly, both meetings took place inside the Bundestag’s own timber-built “Luisenblock West”.
Vonovia and the Fraunhofer Alliance hosted the kick-off conference “Perspectives on the Future of Building” in Berlin, bringing together representatives from politics, science and the construction industry, including our Head of PR Lewin Fricke. Keynote speeches addressed lifecycle thinking, grey emissions and the growing importance of health topics in construction. Four workshops explored circular economy, renewable resources, supply chains and building material production.
TRIQ joined a coalition of sustainable construction start-ups calling for a fundamental shift in German housing and building policy. The initiative, backed by Architects for Future and the BDA, demands faster approval processes and stronger incentives for circular, ecological construction.
Around 250 million tons of construction waste are generated in Germany each year, about 60% of the national waste volume. At a panel discussion, TRIQBRIQ CEO Max Wörner joined members of the Bundestag and industry experts to call for faster progress on circular construction. Together, the participants agreed: fundamental change in the construction sector cannot wait any longer.
TRIQ GmbH presented its solid wood construction system to the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. The discussion focused on adapting building policy to properly account for the CO2 impact of construction materials.